wailer

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Noun
  • Inter Miami took a 1-0 lead into halftime after a screamer of a goal from De Paul in the 44th minute.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Part of the problem was that the baby was (sorry, honey) a screamer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Wailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wailer. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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